The Iowa Highways Photo Gallery

Left: A multiplex mile marker on US 61 and IA 92 in Muscatine. It is a common practice in Iowa to place a small route symbol above mile markers on multiplexed routes to indicate which route the mile numbers are for.

Right: A typical county line marker in Iowa (in this case, Louisa County). Although county line markers have traditionally been the size of cardinal directional markers, they are currently being phased out in favor of larger markers.

This series of pages is dedicated to signs and other sights in and around the Hawkeye State. Each section consists of one page of thumbnails that link to the full-sized images.

Photo Gallery note:
Because of space issues, my latest photos can be found on my Flickr page, located here. I plan to gradually move my photos from this site to the Flickr site as I get newer and better-quality versions of photos that are already on this site. Once all the photos from a certain area are replaced, I will take pages down and link to the photo set for that area on Flickr. I do not have a projected timeframe of when all the pages are going to be moved. Contributed photos will remain on this site, and once all the dust settles I will create a separate page for contributed photos.

Contributions are welcome, especially if they're from parts of Iowa that I have yet to visit. I would prefer that the photos come in .jpg format and are not from some copyrighted work like a newspaper or magazine (since I don't want to end up in any legal battles over copyrighted photos). On a related note, these photos are not to be used for commercial purposes.

Special thanks go to all those who have contributed photos to these pages: Sandor Gulyas, Eric Peterson, Neil Bratney, Jay Deetelm, Jeff Morrison, Vern Wriedt, David Backlin, Michael Ehret, Mark Odor, Kurt Berge, Brian McMillin, Mike Murphy, Nathan Bush, and J.D. Adams.

Note: As of March 20, 2011, the Des Moines, Ames, Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Fort Dodge, Iowa City, Mason City, Ottumwa, Quad Cities, Waterloo/Cedar Falls, and Lincoln Highway sections have entirely moved to Flickr. I have created new sets for Clinton, Fort Madison/Keokuk, Marshalltown, Mount Pleasant, Muscatine, and Newton, and all photos that I have taken since 2009 are also hosted on Flickr. For all of the sets in my Flickr photostream, click here.

All remaining pages are temporarily being hosted here. Any advertising that appears on the Flickr pages is placed by the site provider, not me.

Photo pages:
Ames Burlington Cedar Rapids Clinton Council Bluffs Des Moines Dubuque Fort Dodge Fort Madison/Keokuk Iowa City	Marshalltown Mason City/Clear Lake Mount Pleasant Muscatine Newton Ottumwa Quad Cities Sioux City Waterloo/Cedar Falls	Road trip collections The Lincoln Highway The Avenue of the Saints Mississippi River bridges Odds and ends: County road markers Central Iowa Eastern Iowa Western Iowa

Related sites

Highway terminus pages (NOTE: Where applicable, links to individual highway termini can be found in the route listings.)

Iowa Highway Ends (by Jeff Morrison): A collection of photos dealing with the endpoints of Iowa highways.
The Interstate Guide @ AARoads (by Alex Nitzman and Andy Field) includes endpoints of Interstate highways nationwide.
The "End U.S. Highway" Index (by Dale Sanderson) and US Highway Endings (by Adam Froehlig): Two pages similar to the Interstate Highway Terminus Index, but dealing with US highways instead.

Other photo pages:

Mark Roberts' Other Highway Signs and Sights page features photos from southeast Iowa.
Chris Geelhart's Photos and Trip Reports page covers two Iowa road trips and also features photos from Illinois, Missouri, and South Dakota.
Road Signs (by Greg Coniglio): Lots and lots of signs from almost every state are here. (Iowa is toward the end of the first page.)
AbsoluteDSM.com: A growing website with photos of buildings in the Des Moines area and other Iowa cities.
Iowa Geographical Map Server: Another gallery of Iowa aerial photos, including recent images from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and late-1930s photos of some counties.

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